University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Announce Watch Party For Sunday's NCAA Selection Show
Nov. 22, 2008
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND - The University of Richmond has announced plans for Sunday's NCAA Football Selection Show, and is inviting fans, alumni and parents to watch the show with the Spiders. The team will gather at Jepson Hall on campus for the 7 p.m. ET show, which is live on ESPNU.
Both auditorium rooms on the first floor of Jepson Hall (Rooms 118 and 120) will be open, with projection TVs for viewing the selections. Jepson Hall is located off Ryland Circle in the heart of campus. (Please note this building is not Jepson Alumni Center). Jepson Hall is building #17 on the campus map: click here for map
Should the Spiders be selected to host a First Round game, tickets will go sale immediately following the show at the Robins Center Ticket Office. Ticket information for road games will be announced, when available, on Monday.
The Robins Center Ticket Office will be OPEN regular business hours Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 24-26; CLOSED Thanksgiving Day Thursday Nov. 27; OPEN Friday Nov. 28 for football and men's basketball ticket sales.
The Spiders won their fifth-straight game and improved to 9-3 overall thanks to Saturday's thrilling 23-20 overtime win at William & Mary in the 118th meeting between the rivals. A berth in the 2008 NCAA Playoffs would mark the team's second-consecutive appearance, the third in the last four years and the seventh all-time.
Last season saw the Spiders reach the NCAA Semifinals for the first time in school history, falling to eventual National Champion Appalachian State in Boone, N.C. Richmond won its First Round game at home over Eastern Kentucky, 31-14, and beat Wofford, 21-10, in the Quarterfinals on the road.